It's too long to cut and paste, but if you havent read this yet or want some furthr perspective on melo the person, take a gander.

one of the highlights of this article was a guy named Ronnie who melo saw while visiting his old neighborhood who was best friends with his dad (his dad died of cancer when melo was 2 - i didnt know that) he sees melo and says - "you aint nothin'. you aint nuthin." “Lots of people don’t know his pops,” he said. “I tell you, his dad was better. He was the best. Carmelo can’t carry his jock.” He then repeated this to Carmelo. “You couldn’t hold your dad’s jock, you hear that?”

for all us ny people, that's neighborhood respect at it's finest - if you dont know what i'm talking about, then you just dont know...right earl?

Here's the link:

http://nymag.com/news/sports/games/carmelo-anthony-2011-4/